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Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay and Bacterial Meningitis Surveillance in Remote Areas, Niger

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
To compensate for the lack of laboratories in remote areas, the national reference laboratory for meningitis in Niger used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to enhance the surveillance of meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus ...
Fati Sidikou, Saacou Djibo, Muhamed Kheir Taha, Jean Michel Alonso, Ali Djibo, Kiari Kaka Kairo, Suzanne Chanteau, Pascal Boisier   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

An outbreak of pneumococcal meningitis among older children (≥5 years) and adults after the implementation of an infant vaccination programme with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Ghana. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: An outbreak of pneumococcal meningitis among non-infant children and adults occurred in the Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana between December 2015 and April 2016 despite the recent nationwide implementation of a vaccination programme for infants ...
Afreh, Osei Kuffour, Amponsa-Achiano, Kwame, Antonio, Martin, Appiah-Denkyira, Ebenezer, Asiedu-Bekoe, Franklin, Bampoe, Victor, Bannerman, Richard, D'Alessandro, Umberto, Ebruke, Chinelo, Foster-Nyarko, Ebenezer, Kaluwa, Owen, Kay, Gemma, Kuma, George Khumalo, Kwambana-Adams, Brenda Anna, Letsa, Timothy, Mwenda, Jason M, Ohene, Sally-Ann, Okoi, Catherine, Okot, Charles, Opare, David, Otu, Jacob Kweku, Owusu-Okyere, Godfred, Pallen, Mark J, Sarkodie, Badu, Senghore, Madikay, Worwui, Archibald Kwame, Zaman, Syed MA   +26 more
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Localization of cerebral vasculopathy following bacterial meningitis: What can we learn about postinfective ischemic sequelae?

Brain Circulation, 2023
Cerebrovascular complications of bacterial meningitis account for a high incidence of mortality and postinfective neurologic sequelae. Cerebrovascular complications occurring during acute bacterial meningitis are evident from angiographic evidence ...
Vivig Shantha Kumar, Vignarth Shantha Kumar   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

MICROBIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISATION OF Haemophilus influenzae STRAINS ISOLATED FROM PATIENTS WITH INVASIVE AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES [PDF]

, 2010
A total of 175 H. influenzae strains were collected between 1994 and 2009 from all aged patient groups. The strains were isolated from patients with invasive and community-acquired respiratory tract infections.
Ivan Mitov, L. Setchanova, Tomislav Kostyanev, Vesela Ouzounova-Raykova, Y. Proevska   +4 more
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Vaccine-Induced Waning of Haemophilus influenzae Empyema and Meningitis, Angola

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
In Angola during 2003–2012, we detected Haemophilus influenzae in 18% of 2,634 and 26% of 2,996 bacteriologically positive pleural or cerebrospinal fluid samples, respectively, from children. After vaccination launch in 2006, H.
Heikki Peltola, Tuula Pelkonen, Luis Bernardino, Lurdes Monteiro, Silvia da Conceição Silvestre, Elizabete Anjos, Manuel Leite Cruzeiro, Anne Pitkäranta, Irmeli Roine   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implications of the problem orientated medical record (POMR) for research using electronic GP databases: a comparison of the Doctors Independent Network Database (DIN) and the General Practice Research Database (GPRD). [PDF]

, 2003
Background The General Practice Research Database (GPRD) and Doctor's Independent Network Database (DIN), are large electronic primary care databases compiled in the UK during the 1990s.
David P Strachan, Derek G Cook, Iain M Carey, J Hollowell, LW Weed, LW Weed, Nicky Richards, Office for National Statistics, R Lawrenson, S DeWilde, Sean R Hilton, Stephen A Bremner, Stephen De Wilde, Steve Caine, T Benson, TM McKeever   +15 more
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Bacterial Meningitis and Haemophilus influenzae Type b Conjugate Vaccine, Malawi

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
A retrospective database review showed that Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine decreased the annual number of cases of H. influenzae type b meningitis in children in Blantyre, Malawi. Among young bacterial meningitis patients, HIV prevalence
David W. McCormick, Elizabeth M. Molyneux   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Childhood pneumonia and meningitis in the Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea in the era of conjugate vaccines: study methods and challenges [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Pneumonia and meningitis are common causes of severe childhood illness in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The etiology of both clinical conditions in PNG has not been recently assessed.
Amanda Lang, Andrew Greenhill, Christopher C. Blyth, Deborah Lehmann, Geraldine Masiria, Ilomo Hwaihwanje, John Kave, Joycelyn Sapura, Lapule Yuasi, null null, Rebecca Ford, Tonny Kumani, William Pomat   +12 more
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Meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae – a case report [PDF]

Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine
BACKGROUND: We describe a case of meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae detected by BioFire FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) panel on a cerebral spinal fluid sample collected from a repeated lumbar puncture.
M. Patel, Z. Endo, A. Sou, D. El-Khoury, X. MdLuli, V. Patel   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infant Mortality in Sri Lanka: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Sepsis is a major cause of mortality among children, with the highest burden evident in neonates and young infants, particularly, in resource‐constrained healthcare settings. Despite this burden, there are insufficient published data to delineate the epidemiology of neonatal sepsis from many of these settings.
Gayana P. S. Gunaratna, Michelle L. Harrison, Benjamin F. R. Dickson, Rajeev Sathanandaraja, T. M. Ruwanthi Perera, Nambage Shirani Chandrasiri, Anasuya Sutharson, Jannah Baker, Phoebe C. M. Williams   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source